Breast cancer—epidemiology, risk factors, classification, prognostic markers, and current treatment strategies—an updated review

S Łukasiewicz, M Czeczelewski, A Forma, J Baj… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. It is estimated
that 2.3 million new cases of BC are diagnosed globally each year. Based on mRNA gene …

[HTML][HTML] Subtypes of breast cancer

E Orrantia-Borunda, P Anchondo-Nuñez… - Breast Cancer …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Breast cancer is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous disease with multiple subtypes.
The classification of these subtypes has evolved over the years. The most common and …

Capivasertib in hormone receptor–positive advanced breast cancer

NC Turner, M Oliveira, SJ Howell… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background AKT pathway activation is implicated in endocrine-therapy resistance. Data on
the efficacy and safety of the AKT inhibitor capivasertib, as an addition to fulvestrant therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in advanced triple-negative breast cancer

J Cortes, HS Rugo, DW Cescon, SA Im… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In an interim analysis of this phase 3 trial, the addition of pembrolizumab to
chemotherapy resulted in longer progression-free survival than chemotherapy alone among …

Abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy for hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive, high-risk early breast cancer (monarchE): results from a preplanned …

SRD Johnston, M Toi, J O'Shaughnessy… - The lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Adjuvant abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy previously showed a significant
improvement in invasive disease-free survival and distant relapse-free survival in hormone …

Elacestrant (oral selective estrogen receptor degrader) versus standard endocrine therapy for estrogen receptor–positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 …

FC Bidard, VG Kaklamani, P Neven… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Patients with pretreated estrogen receptor (ER)–positive/human epidermal
growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–negative advanced breast cancer have poor prognosis …

Event-free survival with pembrolizumab in early triple-negative breast cancer

P Schmid, J Cortes, R Dent, L Pusztai… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The addition of pembrolizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy led to a
significantly higher percentage of patients with early triple-negative breast cancer having a …

[HTML][HTML] 21-gene assay to inform chemotherapy benefit in node-positive breast cancer

K Kalinsky, WE Barlow, JR Gralow… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The recurrence score based on the 21-gene breast-cancer assay has been
clinically useful in predicting a chemotherapy benefit in hormone-receptor–positive, human …

Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus placebo plus chemotherapy for previously untreated locally recurrent inoperable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer …

J Cortes, DW Cescon, HS Rugo, Z Nowecki, SA Im… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Pembrolizumab monotherapy showed durable antitumour activity and
manageable safety in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. We aimed to …

Assessment of Ki67 in breast cancer: updated recommendations from the international Ki67 in breast cancer working group

TO Nielsen, SCY Leung, DL Rimm… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Ki67 immunohistochemistry (IHC), commonly used as a proliferation marker in
breast cancer, has limited value for treatment decisions due to questionable analytical …